Jeremiah 17 · Verse 14

Jeremiah 17:14

Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.
Jeremiah 17:14, King James Version

Jeremiah 17:14 in other translations

BSBHeal me, O LORD, and I will be healed; save me, and I will be saved, for You are my praise.
WEBHeal me, O LORD, and I will be healed. Save me, and I will be saved; for you are my praise.
ASVHeal me, O Jehovah, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.
YLTHeal me, O Jehovah, and I am healed, Save me, and I am saved, for my praise art Thou.
DARBYHeal me, Jehovah, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.
BBEMake me well, O Lord, and I will be well; be my saviour, and I will be safe: for you are my hope.
WebsterHeal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.

What does Jeremiah 17:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 17:14-18
14-18. Prayer of the prophet for deliverance from the enemies whom he excited by his faithful denunciations. Heal ... save--not only make me whole (as to the evils of soul as well as body which I am exposed to by contact with ungodly foes, Jr 15:18), but keep me so. my praise--He whom I have to praise for past favors, and therefore to whom alone I look for the time to come.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 14 Heal me - and I shall be healed - That is, I shall be thoroughly healed, and effectually saved, if thou undertake for me. Thou art my praise - The whole glory of the work of salvation belongs to thee alone.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 17:12-18

The prophet acknowledges the favour of God in setting up religion. There is fulness of comfort in God, overflowing, ever-flowing fulness, like a fountain. It is always fresh and clear, like spring-water, while the pleasures of sin are puddle-waters. He prays to God for healing, saving mercy. He appeals to God concerning his faithful discharge of the office to which he was called. He humbly begs that God would own…

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Jeremiah 17:14 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

רְפָאֵ֤נִיre.fa.'E.niheal meH7495
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehO YahwehH3068
וְאֵ֣רָפֵ֔אve.'E.ra.Fe'so I may be healedH7495
הוֹשִׁיעֵ֖נִיho.shi.'E.nisave meH3467
וְאִוָּשֵׁ֑עָהve.'i.va.She.'ahso let me be savedH3467
כִּ֥יkiforH3588
תְהִלָּתִ֖יte.hi.la.Ti[are] praise myH8416
אָֽתָּה\׃'A.tahyouH859

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Jeremiah 17:14

  • Psalms 6:2

    Have mercy upon me, O Lord; for I am weak: O Lord, heal me; for my bones are vexed.

  • Deuteronomy 32:39

    See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.

  • Psalms 106:47

    Save us, O Lord our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise.

  • Psalms 6:4

    Return, O Lord, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies’ sake.

  • Luke 4:18

    The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,

  • Isaiah 57:18-19

    I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners. I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the Lord; and I will heal him.

  • Deuteronomy 10:21

    He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen.

  • Psalms 109:1

    To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;

  • Jeremiah 31:18

    I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the Lord my God.

  • Jeremiah 15:20

    And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the Lord.

  • Isaiah 6:10

    Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.

  • Matthew 14:30

    But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Heal.
31:18; De 32:39; Ps 6:2,4; 12:4; Isa 6:10; 57:18,19; Lu 4:18
save.
15:20; Ps 60:5; 106:47; Mt 8:25; 14:30
thou.
De 10:21; Ps 109:1; 148:14

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Context

  • Jeremiah 17:13

    O Lord, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the Lord, the fountain of living waters.

  • Jeremiah 17:14

    Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.

  • Jeremiah 17:15

    Behold, they say unto me, Where is the word of the Lord? let it come now.

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Jeremiah 17:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Sáname, oh Jehová, y seré sano; sálvame, y seré salvo: porque tú eres mi alabanza.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Guéris-moi, Éternel! et je serai guéri; sauve-moi, et je serai sauvé; car c’est toi qui es ma louange!
German
Elberfelder 1871
Heile mich, Jehova, so werde ich geheilt werden; rette mich, so werde ich gerettet werden; denn du bist mein Ruhm.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Sana me, Domine, et sanabor: salvum me fac, et salvus ero: quoniam laus mea tu es.